Joshua 2:6

In 11 translations

BSB

(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

KJV

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

WEB

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

ASV

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

LSV

and she has caused them to go up on the roof, and hides them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

YLT

and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

DBY

But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

DRC

But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.

GNV

(But she had brought them vp to the roofe of the house, and hidde them with the stalkes of flaxe, which she had spread abroad vpon the roofe)

JPS

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.

LXXE

But she had brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.

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WLC

וְהִ֖יא הֶעֱלָ֣תַם הַגָּ֑גָה וַֽתִּטְמְנֵם֙ בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י הָעֵ֔ץ הָעֲרֻכ֥וֹת לָ֖הּ עַל־הַגָּֽג׃

LXX-Br

Αὕτη δὲ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα, καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ λινοκαλάμῃ τῇ ἐστοιβασμένῃ αὐτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος.

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• Rahab and the fall of Jericho Rahab hides two Israelite spies, lies to the king's messengers and wins a promise to spare her family. Israel circles Jericho as commanded; …

Cross-references most cited first

• James 2:25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
• Hebrews 11:23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
• Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
• 2 Samuel 17:19Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
• Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
• Matthew 24:17Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
• Exodus 2:2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
• 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from…
• 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
• Joshua 2:8Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
• Exodus 1:15–21Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a…
• Deuteronomy 22:8If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
• 1 Kings 18:13Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

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